EP0067004A3 - Printing character generator - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0067004A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: character generator; printing character; printing; generator; character
Prior art date: 1981-06-05
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP82302669A

Other versions

EP0067004B1 (en

EP0067004A2 (en

Inventor

James M. Donohue

Andrew T. Ling

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Xerox Corp

Original Assignee

Xerox Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1981-06-05

Filing date

1982-05-25

Publication date

1983-08-10

1982-05-25 Application filed by Xerox Corp filed Critical Xerox Corp

1982-12-15 Publication of EP0067004A2 publication Critical patent/EP0067004A2/en

1983-08-10 Publication of EP0067004A3 publication Critical patent/EP0067004A3/en

1989-07-19 Application granted granted Critical

1989-07-19 Publication of EP0067004B1 publication Critical patent/EP0067004B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
- G06F3/12—Digital output to print unit, e.g. line printer, chain printer
- G06F3/1297—Printer code translation, conversion, emulation, compression; Configuration of printer parameters

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
Record Information Processing For Printing (AREA)

EP82302669A 1981-06-05 1982-05-25 Printing character generator Expired EP0067004B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US06/270,949 US4493049A (en)	1981-06-05	1981-06-05	Shared resource clustered printing system
US270949		1981-06-05

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0067004A2 EP0067004A2 (en)	1982-12-15
EP0067004A3 true EP0067004A3 (en)	1983-08-10
EP0067004B1 EP0067004B1 (en)	1989-07-19

Family

ID=23033530

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP82302669A Expired EP0067004B1 (en)	1981-06-05	1982-05-25	Printing character generator

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4493049A (en)
EP (1)	EP0067004B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS57203186A (en)
CA (1)	CA1186417A (en)
DE (1)	DE3279829D1 (en)

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JP2636866B2 (en) *	1988-01-30	1997-07-30	キヤノン株式会社	Information processing method
US4918622A (en) *	1988-11-16	1990-04-17	Eastman Kodak Company	Electronic graphic arts screener
US4977458A (en) *	1988-11-16	1990-12-11	Eastman Kodak Company	Apparatus for addressing a font to suppress Moire patterns occurring thereby and a method for use therein
US4916545A (en) *	1988-11-16	1990-04-10	Eastman Kodak Company	Electronic graphic arts screener that suppresses Moire patterns using pseudo-random font selection
US5274473A (en) *	1989-08-04	1993-12-28	Intergraph Corporation	Rapid variable angle digital screening
DE4402134A1 (en) *	1994-01-26	1995-07-27	Microplex Elektronische Dokume	On line archiving system for printed data
US5729665A (en) *	1995-01-18	1998-03-17	Varis Corporation	Method of utilizing variable data fields with a page description language
US6243172B1 (en) *	1995-01-18	2001-06-05	Varis Corporation	Method and system for merging variable text and images into bitmaps defined by a page description language
US5791790A (en) *	1996-03-13	1998-08-11	Lexmark International, Inc.	Method and apparatus for providing print job buffering for a printer on a fast data path
US6487568B1 (en) *	1997-07-18	2002-11-26	Tesseron, Ltd.	Method and system for flowing data to an arbitrary path defined by a page description language
US7302438B1 (en)	1997-07-18	2007-11-27	Tesseron Ltd.	Method and system for flowing data to an arbitrary path defined by a page description language
US6049390A (en) *	1997-11-05	2000-04-11	Barco Graphics Nv	Compressed merging of raster images for high speed digital printing
US7315979B1 (en)	1998-11-09	2008-01-01	Tesseron Ltd.	Method and system for dynamic flowing data to an arbitrary path defined by a page description language
US7102773B1 (en)	2000-07-19	2006-09-05	Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.	Method for multicast of documents

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US4070710A (en) *	1976-01-19	1978-01-24	Nugraphics, Inc.	Raster scan display apparatus for dynamically viewing image elements stored in a random access memory array
US4079458A (en) *	1976-08-11	1978-03-14	Xerox Corporation	High resolution character generator
US4149145A (en) *	1977-02-17	1979-04-10	Xerox Corporation	Fax processor
US4203154A (en) *	1978-04-24	1980-05-13	Xerox Corporation	Electronic image processing system
DE2825321B2 (en) *	1977-06-30	1980-12-11	International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y. (V.St.A.)	Raster printer

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JPS5585983A (en) *	1978-12-21	1980-06-28	Nec Corp	Print control unit

1981
- 1981-06-05 US US06/270,949 patent/US4493049A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1982
- 1982-05-25 DE DE8282302669T patent/DE3279829D1/en not_active Expired
- 1982-05-25 EP EP82302669A patent/EP0067004B1/en not_active Expired
- 1982-05-27 JP JP57090479A patent/JPS57203186A/en active Pending
- 1982-06-04 CA CA000404544A patent/CA1186417A/en not_active Expired

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4070710A (en) *	1976-01-19	1978-01-24	Nugraphics, Inc.	Raster scan display apparatus for dynamically viewing image elements stored in a random access memory array
US4079458A (en) *	1976-08-11	1978-03-14	Xerox Corporation	High resolution character generator
US4149145A (en) *	1977-02-17	1979-04-10	Xerox Corporation	Fax processor
DE2825321B2 (en) *	1977-06-30	1980-12-11	International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y. (V.St.A.)	Raster printer
US4203154A (en) *	1978-04-24	1980-05-13	Xerox Corporation	Electronic image processing system

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
ELEKTRONIK, vol. 29, no. 11, May 1980, pages 67-72, M}nich (DE); H. SCHMID: "Schnittstellen zwischen monolithischen Prozessoren und der Aussenwelt". *
PATENTS ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 4, no. 134(P-28)[616], 19th September 1980, page 95 P 28; & JP-A-55 085 983 (NIPPON DENKI K.K.) (28-06-1980) *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA1186417A (en)	1985-04-30
US4493049A (en)	1985-01-08
EP0067004B1 (en)	1989-07-19
JPS57203186A (en)	1982-12-13
DE3279829D1 (en)	1989-08-24
EP0067004A2 (en)	1982-12-15

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1982-10-15	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1982-12-15	AK	Designated contracting states	Designated state(s): DE GB
1983-06-06	PUAL	Search report despatched	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013
1983-08-10	AK	Designated contracting states	Designated state(s): DE GB
1984-03-28	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19840118
1989-06-03	GRAA	(expected) grant	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210
1989-07-19	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: B1 Designated state(s): DE GB
1989-08-24	REF	Corresponds to:	Ref document number: 3279829 Country of ref document: DE Date of ref document: 19890824
1990-05-17	PLBE	No opposition filed within time limit	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261
1990-05-17	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT
1990-07-04	26N	No opposition filed
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